Magnetic extractor



I JuneIO, 1952 ZACHARY 2,599,966

MAGNETIC EXTRACTOR Filed June 2, 1950 FIG! 8 2 ll 9 4 3 l0 llll/l/l/l 4'INVENTOR.

8 Alexis Zachory ATIURNEY Patented June 10, 1952 UNITED STATES ()FFICEThis invention is an improvement in magnetic extractors, and moreparticularly a magnetic implement for quickly and easily removing pinsfrom the hair on a person's head after a hairdressing operation has beencompleted.

In hair-dressing establishments, magnets constitute a very convenientmeans for pulling out the pins which are inserted at many points on aWomans head during treatment. During insertion the attendant holds asheaf of pins in one hand and puts them into the hair with the other,all the pins being so arranged that their pointed or open ends are flushwith one another, to permit them to be readily manipulated. But when anordinary magnet is utilized to withdraw the pins, the latter stick tothe magnet in different positions, with the closed ends of some adjacentthe open ends of others, and the pins must therefore be separated andsorted to bring their closed ends together before they are ready forfurther use. It is the chief aim of my invention to provide a magneticimplement so constructed that it can be operated to gather the pins intoa sheaf after the pins have been pulled out, and at the same timearrange the different pins with their pointed ends at one extremity ofthe sheaf and their closed extremities at the other. Thus, sorting orrearranging the pins is rendered unnecessary and the pins immediatelyafter extraction are all in position for use on the next patron.

The nature and advantages of the invention are made clear in thefollowing description, and the drawings illustrate a preferredembodiment of the improvement. But this disclosure is by way of exampleonly, and alterations in various details can be adopted essentiallychanging the structure in which the invention resides.

On the drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation of a magnetic extractor showing how theimplement is employed to e tract hairpins.

'e 2 shows in side elevation how the imple t is operated to draw thepins together into a sheaf or bundle.

F ure is a longitudinal sectional view showhow the sheaf is its finalshape by the and Lu, is longitudinal section on line il of a impiementcomprises a tubular housing i abstaining a slidable magnet '2. On oneend of the housing is a fixed. conical head 3, which has an bore intowhich the housing fits, and in the housing is a compression spring i,abutting against the inner end of the magnet and the opposite closed end5 of the housing. The end of the housing in the head 3 is open. Thehousing is enveloped over a large part of its length by a tubular sleeve6, and this sleeve carries a fixed transverse pin 1 extending through itand the inner end of the magnet 2. Slots 8 in opposite sides of thehousing permit movement of the sleeve, pin and magnet in the housingagainst the force of the spring 4.

The sleeve 6, head 3 and housing I are all of non-magnetic material andthe thickest part or base of the head 3 is encircled by a thin magneticring 5. This ring of course is a weak magnet in comparison with the barmagnet 2.

The pins I8 are extracted from the hair by bringing the end of thecentral magnet 2 into contact with the rounded ends I I of the pins.When this is done, the pins either drop against the conical surface ofthe heads or they can be laid with the hand down against the conicalsurface of the head 3, so that they are held by both the end of themagnet 2 and the ring 9 At this time the spring 4 in the housing pushesthe sleeve 8 and the magnet 2 forward, so that the end of the magnetprotrudes from the small end of the head, and the handle 6 abutsthe'large end of the head around the housing I. Then to gather the pinsinto a sheaf or bundle, the operator merely grasps the head with onehand and the handle 6 with the other, leaving the pins untouched, andpushes the head forward to separate the head from the adjacent end ofthe sleeve 6. The stronger magnet 2 now drags the rounded ends 1 of thepins into the open end of the housing 5, freeing them from the ring 9,and the pins thus all come together and lie side by side in the housing5. The open or pointed ends of the pins are now adjacent one another atthe same extremity of the sheaf, and the operator can take hold of thepins and pull them out of the housing with every pin in correct positionto be stuck one by one into the hair as before.

The implement is of simple design and certain in operation. It can bemanufactured at low cost, and the pattern of the assembly of all theparts ensures long service and obviates any likelihood that it will everfail.

Having described my invention, what I believe to be new is:

1. A magnetic extractor having a head of nonmagnetic material, a magnetlocated centrally in the head and disposed so that one end normallyprojects from the head, and means for yieldably holding said magnet inposition, said head being conical and said magnet projecting from thesmaller end and carrying a magnetic ring encircling its larger end.

2. A magnetic extractor comprising a nonmagnetic head having an axialbore, a tubular housing having one end open and fixed in said bore withits open end exposed through one end of said head, a bar magnet in saidhousing, the opposite end of the housing enclosing a spring to hold themagnet in position to project from the open end and said head, anencircling magnetic ring on said head, and a sleeve enveloping saidhousing and connected to said magnet to withdraw same into said head.

3. A magnetic extractor comprising a nonmagnetic head having an axialbore, a tubular housing having one end open and fixed in said bore withits open end exposed through one end of said head, a bar magnet in saidhousing, the opposite end of the housing enclosing a spring to hold themagnet in position to project from the open end and said head, anencircling magnetic ring on said head. and a sleeve enveloping saidhousing and connected to said magnet to withdraw same into said head,said head being conical with its smaller end adjacent the open end ofthe housing and said ring adjacent the larger end.

4. A magnetic extractor having a head of nonmagnetic material, a magnetlocated centrally in the head and disposed so that one end normallyprojects from the head, and means for yieldably holding said magnet inposition, said head carrying an encircling magnetic ring.

ALEXIS ZACHARY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 512,381 Keyes Jan. 9, 18942,246,269 Sorenson June 17, 1941

